Ctfktain bar bracket



(N0 ModeL) T. R. HYDE, Jr. CURTAIN BAR BRACKET.

Patented June 9, 1885.

N. PETERS. Pholo-Lhhognphar, Wahlngton, 0.0

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THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR, OF VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-BAR BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,908, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed March 23, 1885.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEOPHILUS R:- HYDE, J r., of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Oonnecticut,have invented a new Improvement in Curtain-Bar Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings,and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, 111- Figure 1, a side view of the bracket complete; Fig. 2, a front view of the same; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section enlarged to show the attachment of the bushing and connection of the brace; Fig. 4, a transverse section of the strip from which the bar and brace are formed; Fig. 5, a transverse section through the bar and brace at their points of connection.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of brackets designed to support the horizontal bar arranged over doors and windows, and from which drapery is sus- 2 5 pended, the object being the construction of a bracket which shall be light, cheap, and strong, and yet ornamental; and the invention consists in the construction of the bracket,as hereinafter described, and more particularly re- 0 cited in the claims.

The bracket consists of an arm, A, and a brace, B. These are both formed from a strip of sheet metal, the strip corrugated in the direction of its length, so as to produce one or 3 5 more ribs, a, upon one side, and corresponding depressions or grooves, b, upon the opposite side. (See Fig. 4..) From such a strip the piece is cut the length required for the arm, andlthat strip bent into shape, say, as seen in 0 Fig. 1, one end turned up to form the flange C to take a bearing on the wall, the outer end curved downward and upward, into the bend of which the bar may be introduced, asseen in Fig. 1, broken lines indicating the bar, the

shape of the bend corresponding to the surface of the bar.

, The brace 13 is made from a strip of the same metal bent into any desirable shape, but so that one end, D, may be applied to the wall below the arm and the other end, E, secured to the arm. The bend in the brace is made so as (No model.)

to expose the same surface of the strip outward as the arm, and so that the end of the brace which lies against the surface of the arm may fit upon that surface, as indicated in Fig. 5, the grooves on the one part interlocking with the ribs on the other part. A single rivet,

d, introduced through the arm and through the end E of the brace, as seen in Fig. 3, firmly secures the brace to the arm. The interlock- 6o ing of the ribs of the one part with the grooves of the other prevents any lateral movement or twisting of one part upon the other.

The corrugation of the metal very greatly increases its strength, so that a very light metal may be employed to form the arm and brace, and the bends may be of such a character as to make the complete bracket highly ornamental. The face or outer surface of the metal may be also ornamented to a very considera- 7o ble extent, if desirable.

To secure the barin the brackets,a set-screw is usually employed through the bracket, to bear against the bar, and as seen at 6, Fig. 1; but as the metal of the arm is too thin to receive 7 5 the thread of the screw I apply an internal screw-threaded bushing, f, of a length considerably greater than the thickness of the metal of the arm. This bushing I introduce through acorresponding opening in the arm,preferably near its end, and secure it therein by forming a shoulder on the bushing to bear against one surface of the arm and then upset the metal of the bushing upon the reverse side, as seen in Fig. 3, and so that the screw may be introduced through the bushing.

I have described and shown the corrugations as in a direct longitudinal line-that is, straight and parallel with the sides of the strip-but it will understood that the shape of the corruv gation may be changed without departing from this invention, and in some cases made highly ornamental, it only being essential that the corrugation shall be in substantially the direction of the length, and so as to strengthen the thin metal, and that the end of the brace shall set upon the bracket in position where the grooves or depressions of the one correspond to the ribs or projections of the other. By the term longitudinally corrugated, I 00 therefore, I wish to be understood as embracing a substantial equivalent thereof.

I claim i 1. The herein described on rtain-bar bracket, consisting of the arm A, brace B, both made from a strip of sheet metal corrugated longitudinally and bent into the required shape, one end of the arm constructed to form a flange for attachment to the wall, the other end bent to embrace the bar, one end of the brace applied to the arm, and so that the grooves on the one and ribs of the other on their meetingsurface interlock and are there secured, the other end extending downward and adapted to be secured to the wall below the arm, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described curtain-barbracket, consisting of the arm A, brace B, both made from a strip of sheet metal corrugated longitudinally and bent into the required shape, one end of the arm constructed to form a flange for attachment to the wall, the other endbent to embrace the bar, the said other end provided with an internally'screw-threaded bushing, f, one end of the brace applied to the arm, and so that the grooves of the one and ribs of the other interlock and are there secured, the other end extending downward and adapted to be secured to the wall below the arm, substantially as described.

THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, JR. Witnesses: M. L. SPERRY,

F. J. GoRsE. 

